Senate Bill No. 9
(By Senator Ross and Unger)
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[Introduced January 14, 2004; referred to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-34, relating
to the dedication of one percent of the sales tax collected to
the counties to be used for any governmental purpose,
including public education; and providing that this be phased
in over a three-year period.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-34
, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 15. CONSUMERS SALES TAX.
§11-15-34. Dedication of certain proceeds to counties.
Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter to the
contrary, effective the first day of July, two thousand four, one
third of one percent of all proceeds of the tax imposed by this
article shall be distributed back to the counties in which they
were collected. Effective the first day of July, two thousand five, two thirds of one percent of all proceeds of the tax imposed
by this article shall be distributed back to the counties in which
they were collected. Effective the first day of July, two thousand
six, and after that, one percent of all proceeds of the tax imposed
by this article shall be distributed back to the counties in which
they were collected. The proceeds distributed may be used for any
governmental purpose, including, but not limited to, public
education.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that one percent
of all sales tax collected be distributed back into the county in
which it was collected; and to provide that the funds may be used
for any governmental purpose, including, but not limited to, public
education. Distribution to the counties is phased in over a
three-year period.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.